Story+1992-08-02+East+Rutherford,+NJ

´´How you doing tonight ? (cheers)(?)....alright....here´s a song I wrote when I was but a lad....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Spirit in the Night´**

´´1992....you see American cities in flames again....you reap what you sow....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´57 Channels´**

´´Thank you....this is uh....this is a song I´m gonna do for all the moms and pops out there tonight....and....I got a....I´m a big daddy now so (chuckles)(?)....when you have those kids, it´s funny, you know...they´re kind of a insurance against too much, you can´t really afford to despair.....or too much cynicism....so, uh....they make you wanna strong for ´em so I´m gonna do this for you tonight from, uh....from my kids to, uh, your kids....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´My Hometown´**

´´Thank you....thank you....alright....I gotta take a pause for a moment because I gotta announce that we got a sponsor here tonight.....that´s right, we got a sponsor....I ain´t gonna try to sell you no sneakers, ain´t gonna try to sell you no soda pop, I´m not gonna try and sell you no beer, there are a few items out in the hall during intermission but I´m not gonna mention those right now either because tonight our sponsor is (crowd: ´Love´) that´s right, it´s love.....now, who´s been stomped into the ground, (?) had a, a knife pierced through their heart, had their pride stripped away, been humiliated, been trashed by love out there ? (cheers) but you keep coming back....that takes faith, to have some faith, you gotta have hope and where there´s hope, there´s sex....so this next song is about love, hope, faith, sex, my own personal sexual practises disguised only in thinly veiled imagery so what are waiting for ?....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Leap of Faith´**

´´We´re gonna take a short break and we´re gonna be right back with some more rock´n´ soul entertainment so we´ll see you in a little while, save your energy ´cause you´re gonna need it real soon, see you in a little while....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, end of ´Roll of the Dice´**

´´Here´s a wedding song.....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Book of Dreams´**

´´Are you feeling lucky today ?....just how lucky are you feeling ?...I know what you´re thinking....´Did he fire five shots or six shots with that guitar ?´....well, just how lucky are you feeling ?....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, middle of ´Light of Day´**

´´(?)....get the boy out of Jersey, you can´t take the Jersey out of the boy....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Darlington County´**

´´Thank you, thanks so much, I wanna thank everybody for coming down to the show tonight, thank you very much....(?) I´ve been away a long time and wanna tell you the shows we´ve been doing here been just, the audiences´ve been so fantastic and uh....I haven´t been home in a long time and I wanna thank you for, uh, such a, uh, I gotta, I wanna thank you for your long, long, lasting, longtime support, thanks a lot.....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Thunder Road´**

´´Tomorrow´s Monday....you guys (?) go to work ?....uh, we got a bonus track tonight, a bonus track....bring my guitar back....this is the great state of New Jersey, am I right ? (cheers) this is the great state of New Jersey, right ? (cheers) there must be some Jersey girls out there.....alright, ladies´ choice, grab your girlfriends....”
 * 02.08.92 Meadowlands, NJ, intro to ´Jersey Girl´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//